On November 5, 2022, the institutes of the Division of Biological and Medical Sciences of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists gave an annual report at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Reports were presented by CYSS chairmen of 8 institutes belonging to the scientific department.

The event began with a minute's silence to commemorate the martyrs who died heroically in the 44-day Patriotic War. Opening the report, the chairman of CYSS, Ph.D. in chemistry Elmir Babayev first congratulated the young people on the occasion of the upcoming Victory Day and talked about the path of victory, our heroes, martyrs, and veterans. Chairman E. Babayev emphasized that the institutes of CYSS DBMS are always active in scientific and social activities, and wished success in the progress of the report.

The report continued with the report of Nargiz Bayramova, the chairman of CYSS of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, as well as the secretary of CYSS Division of Biological and Medical Sciences. The speaker informed about the international and local conferences and events attended by the young scientists of the institute in the current year, as well as the grant projects, and announced the number of scientific works published during the year. N. Bayramova especially emphasized that one of the most important achievements of this year was the awarding of the 2022 Presidential Youth Award to Lala Akhundova, a junior researcher at the Population Genomics Laboratory of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.

Aydan Zeynalova, the chairman of CYSS, representing the Institute of Botany, drew attention to both the scientific and social activities of the institute's young scientists and researchers. She reported on published articles and theses, as well as the active participation of young people in local and international conferences. Aydan Zeynalova was awarded with a III degree diploma after speaking in the "Food Safety" section at the "Science Without Borders" Forum held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on 31.10.2022-04.11.2022.

Leyla Nadirli, the chairman of CYSS of the Institute of Zoology, spoke about the events held in the institute, speeches in the mass media, visits, and publications, and emphasized the active participation of young people.

In her report, the chairman of CYSS of the Institute of Physiology, Narmin Baghirova talked about the events organized by the council in the current year. N. Bagirova also informed about the young people actively participating in the summer camp of young scientists organized jointly by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Council of Young Scientists and Experts.

Ayten Aliyeva, who presented the annual report on the Institute of Microbiology, spoke about the tasks set before CYSS, the comprehensive measures implemented and said that the institute is currently implementing practical projects in a number of fields with the Scientific-Research Institute of Fruit and Tea Cultivation of Ministry of Agriculture and the Scientific-Research Institute of Vegetables.

Leyla Atayeva, Chairman of CYSS of the Institute of Dendrology, noted that in the current year, the young people of the institute have 22 fully published, 11 local, 16 international, 5 printed articles, 13 international, 12 local, 14 fully published, 11 printed theses.

Chairman of CYSS of the Institute of Genetic Resources, Gunel Musayeva, said in her report that Sabina Farhadova, a research fellow of the Institute's Molecular Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, successfully defended her dissertation on "Research of epigenetic mechanisms that cause human imprinting diseases on mouse embryonic stem cell models" at the University of Montpellier on June 9, 2022, and she noted that this achievement is a great success not only for the institute but for the entire department.

Chairman of CYSS Tarlan Yelmarli, representing the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, spoke about the scientific-practical conferences and events organized by young scientists and specialists in their institutes related to events and commemorations of special importance for the republic.

At the end of the reports, the department's report was highly evaluated, the future activity of the council, and the exchange of ideas to optimize and further advance the activeness of young people in the scientific and social spheres were held.